Portland State University and the University of British Columbia

2026-2027 Cascadia Wildfire and urban smoke webinar series

The seventh year of the Cascadia Wildfire and Urban Smoke webinar series will include a diverse set of speakers and panels discussing critical research and policy issues related to the growing threat of wildfire. We continue to feature investigators funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Wildfire Resilience Initiative.

All sessions are held Wednesdays at 1pm Pacific Time on Zoom. Video recordings of previous years’ webinars are available at: https://research.ubc.ca/cascadia-wildfire-urban-smoke

January 20, 2027: Wildfire, Suppression, and Federal Spending, 2020–2100

Presenter: Jeff Prestemon, US Forest Service

Projections out to 2100 reveal how climate change and socioeconomic drivers will universally increase wildfire activity and federal suppression spending, with the sharpest growth expected in the northwestern United States.